Author: markt
Date: Fri May 31 10:12:57 2013
New Revision: 1488139

URL: http://svn.apache.org/r1488139
Log:
Add note on testing multicast

Modified:
    tomcat/trunk/BUILDING.txt

Modified: tomcat/trunk/BUILDING.txt
URL: 
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/tomcat/trunk/BUILDING.txt?rev=1488139&r1=1488138&r2=1488139&view=diff
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--- tomcat/trunk/BUILDING.txt (original)
+++ tomcat/trunk/BUILDING.txt Fri May 31 10:12:57 2013
@@ -293,7 +293,6 @@ directory:
 
     output/build/logs
 
-
 By default the testsuite is run three times to test 3 different
 implementations of Tomcat connectors: BIO, NIO and APR. (If you are not
 familiar with Tomcat connectors, see config/http.html in documentation for
@@ -318,6 +317,12 @@ If you are on Windows and want to test t
 tcnative-1.dll file into ${tomcat.source}/bin/native/ and it will be copied
 into the above directory when the build runs.
 
+The unit tests include tests of the clustering functionality which require
+multicast to be enabled. There is a simple application provided in the Tomcat
+test source (org.apache.catalina.tribes.TesterMulticast) that can be used to
+check if a machine supports multicast. Notes on enabling multicast for 
different
+operating systems are provided in the Javadoc for that class.
+
 
 (7.2) Running a single test
 



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